This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Sullivan County in Early Indiana Congressional Districts
The article traces Sullivan County’s shifting congressional district alignment from 1821 through 1905, naming districts, neighboring counties, and multiple representatives including Hendricks, Davis, Voorhees, Washburn, Voorhees again, Cobb, Johnson, Brookshire, Faris, Hardy, Miers, and Chaney. It notes apportionment changes and county transfers across seven districts and two through eight. It ends with a note on a German statistician estimating dancers travel distances in various dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Orange
Warrick
Vanderburgh
Posey
Pike
Knox
Daviess
Martin
Vigo
Wabash
Spencer
Ghson
Dubois
Parke
Lawrence
Greene
Owen
Morgan
Clay
John Ewing
John W. Davis
Monroe
David Wallace
George G. Dunn
Willis A. Gorman
Sullivan
Putnam
Vermillion
John G. Davis
Harvey D. Scott
Daniel W. Voorhees
Voorhees
Henry D. Washburn
Washburn
Greene, Owen, Clay
Parke Vermillion
Crawford
Simeon K. Wolf
James D. Williams
Andrew Humphreys
Thomas R. Cobb
Vincennes
Montgomery
Vermillion, Clay
Fountain
James T. Johnson
Elijah W. Brookshire
George W. Faris
Terre Haute
Eighth
Alexander M. Hardy
Washington
Robert W. Miers